Good route making the most of green spaces, especially Scadbury Park. Scadbury Park had some very muddy paths but with walking boots and poles they didn’t cause much trouble....

Jane Taylor

Starting from Chislehurst, the first part of this route is not very enjoyable as Bromley Road is an extremely busy A road. From there it is not far to Bromley North station where you have to cross the very busy Tweedy Road, which has pedestrian controlled lights, then East Street and the High Street down to Bromley South station....

Sarah Crofts

Good route - walked Eltham to Chislehurst. Agree with all observations from previous reviewers, so probably best to read them rather than me repeating them. I did have a good rest and lunch at Avery deli near New Eltham station, recommend....

Jane Taylor

Crossing the road at Chislehurst Common is tricky as the lights don't have a pedestrian crossing phase....

JohnMyerson

The start of the actual route was an annoying traffic mess (photo #1). After crossing underneath the A20/A222, the route follows Chislehurst Road into Sidcup....

Derick Rethans

Shops at New Eltham and opposite Chislehurst Memorial....

JohnMyerson

I started this route at Chislehurst having first walked Bromchi one....

JohnMyerson

Plenty of shops in Bromley High Street....

JohnMyerson

After going underneath the railways (photo #4), the rest of the route is along mostly quiet residential roads (photo #5, #7, #8, #9, #10), including a bridge over the same railway again (photo #6)....

Derick Rethans

From Swanley you start with a section of residential streets (photo #1) to cross under the M25 (photo #2), before the route goes over open farmland (photo #4, #5, #6) towards Hockenden....

Derick Rethans

Particularly quiet streets from Bromley to Chislehurst Station and then through the Hawkwood Estate and after a few houses through the meadow and woodlands of the southern part of Chislehurst. Only busy roads are Bickley Rd and Page Heath Lane. If in doubt use the decent crossings for both at their junction....

Daisy C

Quiet and leafy streets of Crofton next which that leads into shady, lush and seasonally very wet, Crofton Woods (aka Sparrow Woods and a few other names). The GPX line is based on an OS map, but the reality is different, that line doesn't quite work, woods have grown where once was open land and multiple other paths just muddy the issue (pun intended). I had GPS signal, but no internet in Crofton Woods, so if you get lost and your app doesn't have saved maps you'll just have to hope for a friendly dog walker. Some path surfaces on C Common, the H Estate and Jubilee C Pk are earth, or gravel tracks but the worst surfaces will be in Crofton Woods. I just walked the last part around Crofton Woods this weekend as part of the "Great Summer Slow Ways Waycheck"....

Daisy C

A long part of the route follows along Chapman's Lane, and where it hadn't become an access road, it was a thin lane, slightly sunken into the land and bounded by raised banks of hazels and gnarly oaks, with celandines and bluebell leaves underfoot. There are so many green spaces along this route, almost all adjacent to the next, St Paul's Cray Common is a few hundred metres from the start point, then Scadbury Park Nature Reserve, St Paul's Green, Hoblingwell Wood, Hoblingwell Wood Recreation Ground, an urban footpath called Brook Way which passes through St Pauls Cray Rec Ground (aka Watermeadows Open Space aka Crayford Settlement Riverside Park!?), another footpath between a large wooded churchyard and grazing pasture, Paul's Cray Hill (Country) Park, Chapman's Lane, farm tracks alongside wide open fields and finally a wooded path next to the rail line on the outskirts of Swanley. 3) About a mile before Hockenden Lane I missed a footpath turning that I didn't realise I should keep watch for. It's just after a green-lane part of Chapman's Lane stops, with another (signposted) footpath going left and this coming out on the right to a track which continues ahead. The footpath should fork very slightly to the left very soon, probably after the kissing gate on the right, and maybe near or before the cow byre. You probably won't see on your map or app that the farm track and the footpath separate, and don't expect a sign either. The path and track do rejoin at Hockenden Lane and I wasn't acosted by the farmer, but the mud was the worst on the route by far....

Daisy C

First part in mid September starting from Chislehurst War Memorial and ending at Petts Wood Station (to get train home after running ChiSid 2). Possibly public toilets too, on the other (W) side of the railway line (footbridge a little way N from station) is an official looking sign for "Community WCs" which points into the Wetherspoons....

Daisy C

Otherwise there are some busy roads with a little more green respite where some parks abut the longest road stretch, including Sidcup Place. After passing the hospital do wander away from the road into the park a little. The final road north to Sidcup station was boring, and a bit too busy. Apart from the shops within sight there is a "Mini-Waitrose" a little way east down Sidcup High St. Perhaps through Morrisons car park, over the High Street then via Hatherley Rd....

Daisy C

Football fans might be interested in the Charlton Athletic training grounds just south of Avery Hill Park, which has been restored to grassy meadows from municipal grass. The mapped route (using OS basemap) doesn't show Avery Hill Park's paths well!...

Daisy C

Even got 'busy' at the Hawkwood section walking on path next to a field, twice I had to step into small clearing to allow walkers approaching from the other direction to pass on the narrow path. This section shares one of the Bromley circular routes, signs are displayed frequently along that part of the route....

NickD

Overall nice walk along a mixture of main roads, residential quiet roads, country lanes, couple of woods and an abandoned (or at least both times I have walked through it, quiet) quarry. The walk takes along some residential roads at this point, with various shops around Cotmendene Crescent, you also walk past a McDonalds at the bottom of Broomwood Road....

NickD

Near the end, recommend crossing the busy Bromley Road, at the top of Camden Park Road, as the pavement from there to the end of the walk, is only on the one side of the road....

NickD

A slight alternative towards the end, avoiding the Crofton Lane/Crofton Road parts from exiting Crofton Woods to reaching Orpington Station, is to follow the route as per Slow way Broorp one. However, you would miss a lovely view from top of Crofton Road as you walk down towards Orpington Station....

NickD